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日本[Comparison] NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (60W) vs GeForce GTX 1650 Ti – The RTX 3050 Ti is a worthy successor
Today we have two budget GPUs going head-to-head. The 1650 Ti has solidified itself as a champion in the budget and entry-level markets, bringing a very good level of performance, while not asking for much. However, it is now close to being three years old, which is a lot in the hardware world.
Its replacement, the RTX 3050 Ti, employs Ray tracing, which is a fairly new concept in gaming, with consumers becoming more familiar with it with the release of the 1000-series RTX GPUs a few years back. Today we have the first budget ray-tracing GPU on the market, going against a proven opponent.
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Today we are comparing the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (60W) against the GTX 1650 Ti.
You can find more information about both GPUs here: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop, 60W) / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop)
Specs table
| RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop, 60W) | GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop) | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Turing |
| Lithography | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| Base / Max Frequency | 1222MHz / 1485MHz | 1350MHz / 1450MHz |
| Memory Type | GDDR6-12000MHz | GDDR6-12000MHz |
| Memory capacity | 4GB | 4GB |
| Cores | 2048 | 1024 |
| Power Consumption | 60W | 55W |
| Memory bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 192 GB/sec | 128 GB/sec |
GPU benchmarks
The RTX 3050 Ti dominated the synthetic benchmarks, delivering 34% increased performance in both 3DMark Fire Strike and Unigine Heaven 4.0, along with a lead of 63% in Unigine Superposition.
Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Gaming tests
| Far Cry 5 | Full HD, Normal (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop, 60W) | 100 fps (+43%) | 91 fps (+40%) | 85 fps (+39%) |
| GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop) | 70 fps | 65 fps | 61 fps |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016) | Full HD, Lowest (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop, 60W) | 163 fps (+37%) | 116 fps (+32%) | 57 fps (+30%) |
| GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop) | 119 fps | 88 fps | 44 fps |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) | Full HD, Lowest (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop, 60W) | 140 fps (+47%) | 84 fps (+38%) | 71 fps (+31%) |
| GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop) | 95 fps | 61 fps | 54 fps |
| Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop, 60W) | 85 fps (+35%) | 77 fps (+33%) | 66 fps (+27%) |
| GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop) | 63 fps | 58 fps | 52 fps |
Conclusion
It was about time NVIDIA released new budget GPUs, after the last ones that we had were the GTX 1650 the 1650 Ti. Thankfully, the RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti feel like worthy successors, bringing a good bump in performance while also unlocking ray tracing to budget and entry-level gaming devices. If you are on a tight budget but can scramble enough cash for the RTX 3050 Ti, go for it. On the other hand, if you don’t game that often, but want still want a decent machine, the GTX 1650 Ti, or even the GTX 1650 can be of use to you, which will cost even less, with sales and the GPUs’ age coming into play.
